Commodity Manager

Location: Grass Lake

Job Description – Steel Commodity Manager ABOUT TENNECOAt Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values–radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win–or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

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ABOUT

THE ROLE The Steel Commodity Manager, Direct Materials, is responsible for developing and executing sourcing and supplier strategies for carbon steel and stainless steel used across Tenneco’s Powertrain and Clean Air businesses. The commodity portfolio may evolve based on business priorities, organizational needs, and supply-market conditions.

This role owns commodity strategy, market and index analysis, supplier negotiations, cost reduction, sourcing decisions, supply-risk management, and continuity-of-supply actions. The Steel Commodity Manager partners closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Program Management, Commercial, and Supplier Development to deliver competitive cost, quality, delivery, working-capital, launch, and supply-continuity objectives.

The successful candidate will bring strong direct-material purchasing and negotiation experience, demonstrated understanding of steel markets and commercial mechanisms, and the ability to convert market intelligence into clear sourcing, negotiation, and risk-mitigation actions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive commodity strategies for carbon steel and stainless steel, including supplier segmentation, regional sourcing, competitive landscape, cost drivers, risk exposure, and implementation roadmaps.
• Collaborate with other commodity buyers to maintain visibility to steel-market developments, align sourcing activities, and ensure consistent execution of established steel commodity strategies.
• Monitor steel-market conditions, including published indices, mill capacity, regional supply and demand, raw-material inputs, scrap, alloys, energy, conversion costs, freight, tariffs, duties, trade actions, and foreign exchange.
• Lead RFQ and RFI activities, quotation analysis, supplier negotiations, sourcing recommendations, and implementation for assigned steel categories.
• Negotiate base price, index and surcharge mechanisms, conversion costs, productivity, payment terms, freight, lead times, capacity, tooling, claims, and other commercial requirements.
• Identify and deliver validated material-cost reduction through negotiation, competitive sourcing, resourcing, localization, specification optimization, supplier productivity, and supply-base optimization.
• Lead and support VAVE initiatives with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and suppliers, including grade substitution, gauge reduction, product-form optimization, yield improvement, scrap reduction, and manufacturing-process changes.
• Identify and mitigate steel supply risks related to mill capacity, allocation, financial health, raw-material availability, quality,…